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  • Dear Haters, I Won.

    Dear Haters, I Won.

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    by

    Emrah
    in

    I know you’re watching. I know you’ve been lurking in the shadows, waiting for me to fail, waiting for me to crumble under the weight of everything you threw at me. You thought I wouldn’t make it. You wanted me to disappear. You wanted the gay kid to stay small. To stay silent. To stay…

  • The Gay Orphan Who Refused to Stay in the Shadows

    The Gay Orphan Who Refused to Stay in the Shadows

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    by

    Emrah
    in

    There’s a version of my story where I disappear. Where I accept my fate, fade into the background, and let the world have its way with me. Where I let the people who abandoned me win. But that’s not this story. That will never be my story. Because I refused to stay in the shadows.…